#honore saint-bellerose

[ladyspottedray]

"Clothing really does make the man, don't you agree?"

Honoré Saint-Bellerose is an electro catalyst user and a fashion designer and historian/scholar from Fontaine. His creative mixing of past trends has led to him being a common name in the Fontaine fashion circles. He has exceedingly high standards and demands quality from everything he does.

Design notes/rambling under the cut!

Finally getting around to doing splash art of my Genshin ocs! Honoré was one of my first (despite Fontaine not even being out at the time lol).

He was designed with the French 18th-century Rococo style in mind, as most of the Fontaine npc characters at the time seemed to take most inspiration from the 19th century Belle Époque style. He does have some elements of older and younger periods, such as his coat embroidery being more French Baroque styled while his boots take inspiration from 1910s spectator Oxfords. Also I couldn't stand the stupid breeches from the Rococo and gave him pants, though his boots work to create a similar silhouette.

Of course now that the playable characters are out and also have Rococo elements, he doesn't really have that "antique" air about him anymore, but you can pry the cravats and lace out of my cold dead hands.

Honoré is also impossible to pose for splash art, so for this particular drawing I gave up and said "fuck it he's doing fancy fashion standing." Most of the composition movement had to come from his coat and the background, which gave me no small amount of grief.

Honoré would use the smaller male Genshin model and his attacks are themed around spectral scissors, needles/pins, and thread, all crackling with electro energy.

He is quite strict and professional when it comes to his work, though outside of it he is more relaxed and affable, perhaps even a bit shy. The only time he does not conduct himself with poise and politeness is when he's around people he finds personally attractive, where he becomes a hot mess.